Record measles outbreak in Oregon blamed on vaccine exemptions
Record measles outbreak in Oregon blamed on vaccine exemptions
Vaccine exemptions at nearly 9% in the state, enabling sustained transmission.
Oregonian, here. Yeah, we've got our loonies on this issue. Bunch of people convinced that the MMR vaccine causes autism because of that murderous fucker Andrew Wakefield.
99Let’s not forget to thank Oprah Winfrey for platforming Playboy centerfold/medical doctor Jenny McCarthy and her anti-vax nonsense in the 2000s also.
90You're thinking too small. Anti-vaxx is literally a billion dollar industry, held up not only by the grifters and snake oil sellers, famous or not, but also social media and tech companies, and even members and or funders of our governments:
51Don’t forget Larry King. That guy famously gave her a lot of airtime in front of a lot of eyeballs.
He was famous for be lazy AF and never fact checking his guests.
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Any exemptions that aren't medical should be illegal. This is literally the most contagious disease on the planet and it kills kids. If kids are going to go to crowded places together, like schools, they should be required to be vaccinated against measles.
68And the other shoe is to hold the parents accountable.
No medical reason for exemption and little Johnny just got his class sick?
I dunno, you lose your right to vote or something. Or you have to be someone's butler.
23This really is the simplest solution.
Also, the government can't really do a lot about it because of free speech laws, but like Google and Facebook and so on that gleefully spread anti-vax nonsense should be held accountable. Youtube could just refuse to host anti-vax videos. But I guess all they care about is money, and not enough people are angry enough to start hanging directors and c-suites yet.
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Stop blaming vaccines! It's clearly caused by insufficient prayer!
38Ever since I started drinking Holy water twice a day I've been feeling so much more hydrated. Explain that science!
12Lucky. Can't drink holy water cause it gives me a burning sensation. No idea why.
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The tragedy here is that these idiots are hurting kids. Like, hey, if you're a grown ass adult who's afraid of microchips, don't get vaxxed, I hope you catch whatever it is and fucking die. But doing this to your child is abuse.
26I'm not going to disagree with you. I just want to point out that if they manage to get their offspring infected when they also contract something... They have a chance of winning a Darwin award...
I'm not saying any of that is a good thing.
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Really hoping that this outbreak can knock some sense into these idiots.
Unfortunately that's not likely because it's hard to cure selfish dipshit diaease.
21Can't live with autism if you're not alive.
18Glad I don’t leave the house anymore.
14“Hey, look at those leopards over there…”
11Can we start a class action lawsuit in the international criminal court for the USA running a biological warfare program now?
9Interesting.
Thankfully the vaccine has at least 90% efficacy if not more, so it's unlikely that unvaccinated people could still give you measles if you've been vaccinated. (https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html)
7Sucks for those who genuinely can't have it though, and rely on herd immunity
11What most people don't realize is that childhood vaccinations don't actually last forever. It's been probably 30 years since I completed most of my vaccinations as a toddler, but when I got my most recent job (at a healthcare provider), they tested me and I needed boosters for some childhood vaccines due to losing immunity.
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Vaccines totally don't work, the limes everyone was eating just didn't have enough juice in them.
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